Also, because its a lot harder to reach the same amount of devastation with knives compared to guns. Take the recent attack in China where a group of 10 terrorists attacked a crowded station with swords. Around 30 people died and a lot of people got wounded. So thats an average of three dead per attacker. Now look at the average death count of a spree shooter. One person with a gun has can relatively easily kill a dozen of people.

And indeed, what useful purpose in Western society does a gun have? You need knives to cut stuff when you are preparing food and you need cars to get around. But what do guns do? They are marginally useful only in very specific and relatively rare instances.

You got my point, though perhaps a bit too narrow an interpretation of it.

Those behind the 'righteous indignation' whenever a kid gets injured or killed with a gun have an ulterior motive for doing so...

It is the feminist castration of America. In their eyes all men are evil along with the things they do; like going to the Super Bowl. If the Super Bowl isn't evil throw in some buzz words like sex-slave.

Granted there are other interests who want to disarm law abiding gun owners. Community activists come to mind as their base is not law abiding gun owners.

More trolling.

How you link gun crime to castration and feminism is bizarre, it says more about your psyche than it does about the topic of the thread.

..and your comment about knives being for cooking therefore the perogative of women was just a slight step away from the tired old "b*tch, make me a sandwich" comment that we've all seen over and over again. How dull.

I assume most non Americans don't have a recent history of guns as tools. When I was a boy there was always a double barrel shotgun by the door, unloaded with the shells in a cabinet to the left. This was in a then rural part of the North East USA. There were no super malls where one could buy 10 chickens. Game animals supplemented the domestic stock at almost no cost.

So back to my question; is there ANY useful reason for a civilian to have a gun? A yes or no will suffice without the red herring editorializing.

How you link gun crime to castration and feminism is bizarre, it says more about your psyche than it does about the topic of the thread.

..and your comment about knives being for cooking therefore the perogative of women was just a slight step away from the tired old "b*tch, make me a sandwich" comment that we've all seen over and over again. How dull.

How you link gun crime to castration and feminism is bizarre, it says more about your psyche than it does about the topic of the thread.

..and your comment about knives being for cooking therefore the perogative of women was just a slight step away from the tired old "b*tch, make me a sandwich" comment that we've all seen over and over again. How dull.